15 apps for holidays in France

Written by: Claire GoyatJuly 20, 2012

Summer is around the corner. What is not going to leave your side for your holidays? Your smartphone of course! But what applications would you need to spend your holidays in France? From the preparation to the trip itself, here is our 15 mobile apps selected for connected holidays in France.

BOOKING1/ Very Last Room (iPhone & iPad)
Very Last Room allows you to book hotel rooms in France at the last minute with attractive prices. The app suggests rooms for hotels rated 2 to 5 stars with discounts going from 20% to 70%. Room prices are displayed in real time. The longer you wait in the day, the lower the price is.

TRAVELLING4/ Voyages-SNCF.com: Horaires & Résa (iPhone, iPad & Android)
An indispensable application if you travel by train in France! Through this SNCF app, you can check train timetables, buy, cancel and exchange tickets for trains traveling between the main French stations.

GOING OUT6/ Dismoioù (iPhone, iPad & Android)
A great app to get outing ideas: shopping, culture, well-being, service, restaurants, clubs and more. Thanks to geo-location, the POI’s are displayed on a map with their distance from where you are and the route to get there.

7/ LaFourchette (iPhone, iPad & Android)
A must-have app to find the best French restaurants at the best prices. The search is made by location, type of food and/or price. It shows an indication of special discounts, a detailed description of each restaurant and booking availability as well.

9/ MonNuage (iPhone & iPad)
A social network specialised in tourism indispensable for travelers. Via the MonNuage application, you can discover great places to visit, accommodation and catering in France. The app works via travelers recommendations – pictures and comments – that will guide you while on your trip.

10/ Pavillon Bleu (iPhone & iPad)
Looking for sun on the French coasts this summer? Pavillon Bleu lists the most beautiful beaches and ports. The listed places have received the “Pavillon Bleu” eco-label, guaranteeing the bathing waters environmental quality.

TRANSLATOR11/ Image it (iPhone, iPad & Android)
You haven’t mastered the French language? ‘Image it’ will save you with it’s communication system based on 450 pictograms, symbolizing an idea or an object that is easily recognizable for everyone.

COUNTS12/ Comptes de vacances (iPhone, iPad & Android)
Some accounting might be necessary when you travel with friends. This app helps you to keep holidays accounts quickly and easily. For each expense made (shopping, rent, restaurant, petrol etc…), you can add the name of the person who paid. It then indicates the balance for each of the travelers.

POSTCARDS13/ Momentic (iPhone & iPad)
A postcard creation, personalisation and edition service, from your favorite personal pictures (from your smartphone or via Instagram, Facebook or Flickr). You enter a personal message which will be put on the back of the card. The order can be made directly from the app, and the addressees will be delivered the postcards in an envelope.

CULTURE14/ CultureClic (iPhone & iPad)
Through CultureClic, you can reach detailed descriptions of more than 1,350 French museums, 900 works in high definition and 600 cultural events updated daily. Thanks to augmented reality and geo-location, you can virtually visit a cultural place as it was many centuries ago: old Louvres, first Notre Dame pictures, Tour Eiffel construction…

DIVERSE15/ Où sont les toilettes ? (iPhone, iPad & Android)
Last but not least, an original (but practical) application. It answers the most basic question: Where are the toilets? The application lists more than 5,000 public and private toilets in distance order.

This (non exhaustive) list of apps covers many kinds of situations while travelling. Do not forget basic and useful apps like Evernote, Instagram…
Now, tell us what are your favorite apps?